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With its integrated second screen, the original ZenBook Pro Duo freed creators to work wherever and whenever inspiration struck. Folks have long connected external displays to their laptops for easier multitasking, but this arrangement kept them tied to their desks.
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That extra screen space is great for looking up information, keeping an eye on email, arranging the control windows for your productivity or content creation software, or just playing a YouTube video, all without disturbing your primary workspace. More pleasing are the additions of Wi-Fi 6 and a Windows Hello webcam.A second screen is an invaluable tool for creators of all kinds. On a machine designed for creativity, that’s disappointing. The Asus does have two USB-C/Thunderbolt ports and an HDMI output, but there’s no card reader or wired netword. The ports are inconsistent too: use an external mouse and you’ll occupy the only fullsize USB connection.
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Meanwhile the trackpad is shoved to the right of the keyboard and it’s small and narrow, so anyone serious about working will use a USB mouse. To be fair Asus does include a wrist-rest in the box, but in truth this is small and not particularly comfortable. The keys themselves have reasonable travel and are fast and responsive, but the layout is cramped, and the only way to get a numberpad is to use the virtual option on the trackpad. The second screen pushes the keyboard to the front of the laptop. It’s also been MIL-STD-810G tested to ensure that it’s going to be able to survive drops, vibrations, altitude, humidity and extreme temperatures.īeyond this, the Asus strains against its dual-screen design. It weighs 2.34kg, respectable for a high high end machine, and the 22mm width is reasonable. The magnesium-alloy body looks sleek, and build quality is consistently excellent. If you look elsewhere for more power, however, you’ll forego that second screen. Also look out for Apple’s MacBook Pro 16 when it appears with the M1 processor – that’ll be quicker, too. The Acer’s Core i7 processor was a little quicker in most benchmarks, while there are also other machines at this price and less with the AMD Ryzen 9 5900H, 5900HS, and 5900HX. While the UX582 offers tremendous power, it’s not necessarily the best option. All of this means there’s more than enough power available to allow advanced photo and video editing to be tackled, along with office applications and multi-tasking. There’s 32GB of memory on board and a 1TB SSD. Intel’s Core i9-10980HK processor has eight multi-threaded cores and a theoretical peak speed of 5.3GHz, and the Asus uses Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 graphics (see Box Out). High-end internals further bolster Asus’ brilliant screens.
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However, IPS technology means you don’t get the same deep black levels, and there’s no other laptop on the market at present offering a second screen in the style of the ZenBook Pro Duo. That laptop offers the same colour accuracy and resolution as the UX582’s main display, and it features an innovative tilting hinge and a built-in Wacom touchscreen. The last creative laptop we had in for review was the Acer ConceptD 7 Ezel, which coincidentally comes in at the same price point. In short, this screen will handle any colour-sensitive photography task you might choose to throw at it: you’re only going to get more accuracy if you’re working with high-end desktop monitors. The display also has Pantone and VESA DisplayHDR True Black 500 validation. When tested the screen rendered 100% of the sRGB colour space and delivered 94.4% and 99.1% results in the Adobe RGB and DCI-P3 spaces with volume beyond 100%. The average Delta E of 1.52 ensures accurate colours, and the temperature and Gamma levels of 6,609K and 2.22 are both superb. Its maximum brightness capability of 374cd/m2 can handle any indoor or outdoor scenario, and the OLED display means perfect black levels and sensational contrast – better than any IPS panel. The main panel is a 15.6in OLED touchscreen with 4K resolution and an included 4096-point stylus, while the ScreenPad is a 14in IPS touchscreen offering 3,840 x 1,100 resolution. It’s time to seriously ask whether it’s able to justify its hefty £2999 price tag.įirst let’s take a quick walk around this ground-breaking machine to see what it has to offer, and the best place to start of course is the double screen, which opens up some very interesting new possibilities.
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WE TOOK A first look at the Asus ZenBook Pro Duo 15 in our last issue and now the fully-functional version of the machine has arrived we can truly see what the highly innovative dual-screen UX582 laptop has to offer professional photographers and videographers.